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Washington, D.C. — American Samoa has been awarded $780,211.95 in fiscal year 2024 through the Office of Insular Affairs Maintenance Assistance Program (MAP). The award was announced by Assistant Secretary Carmen Cantor in a letter to Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga and Congresswoman Aumua Amata.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s delegation to the 2024 Democratic National Convention is united behind Vice President Kamala Harris. As the presumptive Democratic nominee, Harris has garnered overwhelming endorsements and support across the Nation’s State and Territorial Parties...
HONOLULU, HAWAII — The Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor and the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) hosted the 3rd Annual Territorial Climate and Infrastructure Workshop (TCIW3.0) in Honolulu from July 30 to August 2, 2024.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Basic Food Index (BFI) has experienced a decline for the third consecutive month, dropping by -0.4%.
The decrease was influenced by several food commodities, including sugar (-4.6%), turkey tail (-4.4%), ribs (-4.3%), soda (-3.2%), taro (-2.8%), banana (-1.3%),...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The territory experienced a persistent exodus of residents, coupled with a decline in new births in the first six months of this year, which shows a slowing growth rate in 2024 compared to the past five years.
Despite the favorable economic climate attracting foreign...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 21, 2024 at about 11:49pm, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from a female individual seeking assistance for a male individual identified as Stone Filisi. Filisi allegedly was shouting profanity and throwing beer bottles near the woman’s home and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Colonel Robert Le'iato who calls American Samoa home is the Commandant, U.S. Army Finance & Comptroller School
After graduating from the University of Hawaii, he was commissioned in the United States Army as a Military Intelligence Officer and branch detailed to...
HONOLULU — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proud to announce the selection of American Samoa’s Department of Education for a $2,555,000 Clean School Bus Program rebate, funded by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
This rebate will help the Department of Education...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A recent routine inspection at a local farm which grows and sells fruits and vegetables to restaurants, stores and the public discovered pesticide misuse of “Complete Insect Killer” (EPA Reg. No. 92564-12) on cabbages, eggplants and cucumber plants. The Complete Insect...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa management is patiently awaiting a decision from the Catholic Church Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago, on their proposal to build housing for guest worker employees on church land they are currently leasing at Atu’u.
The piece of land for the proposed housing...